Harness attachment.



I. T. PALMATORY. HARNESS ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 8. 191a.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

JOHN THOMAS PALMATORY, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

HARNESS ATTACHMENT.

Application filed March 8, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN THOMAS PALMA TORY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in harness attachments and relates more particularly to means for attaching the breeching stays to the breeching.

The object of my invention is to provide an attachment of this character which is readily attached by the stitching that holds the strengthening strips of'leather to the breeching and has a greater holding surface and will not break or cut the stitching.

Another object ofmy invention is to provide a simple, cheap and more effective attachment having certain details of structure hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure l is a perspective view of the breeching, showing my attachmentapplied thereto; Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the attachment; and Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view of Fig. 2;

Referring now to the drawings, 1 represents the breeching and 2 the reinforcing strap, preferably of the irregular form shown in the drawings, and secured to the breeching by means of the rows of stitching 3, adjacent the edge and corresponding with the irre ularity thereof.

Nfy improved attachment consists of an eye 3, having a broadened flanged portion 4, at its lower end, on one side, and its lower face curved, as indicated at 5, Fig. 2, to

snugly fit the upper curved edge 6 of the reinforcing strip 2. The flanged portion 4, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, is only on one side of the eye, so that it will lay flat against the breeching. Carried by the said flanged portion 4, midway its length, is a shank 7, to which is connected an elongated bar 8, which is located beneath the reinforcing strip and held therein by the stitching attaching the same to the breech- Specification of Letters Patent.

each side of the shank.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915. Serial No. 753,061.

ing. The shank 7 is flush with the inner face of the eye, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The bar 8 is slightly curved downwardly from the shank 7, as indicated at 9, and has its ends curved or bent upwardly, as indicated at 10, whereby a slight depression is formed in the bar on each side of the shank.

By this construction of the attachment, it will readily be seen that the strain on the shank is not all held by three or four stitches on each side of the shank, as is the case in all devices of this kind. The strain is distributed on about sixteen stitches on p The curve of the bar allows the bar to snugly fit the curve of stitching usedin attaching the reinforcing strip, so that the strain is evenly dis tributed on all the stitching above the same.

A buckle 11 is attached to the eye in the usual manner and to which breeching stays are buckled.

While I have shown my attachment as applied to the breeching, it will be understood that it can be used on breast-straps and many other parts of the harness where it is necessary to attach aneye.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

An attachment for harness, comprising an eye, a flanged portion carried by one edge of the eye and extending beyond theends of the eye and having a curved lower face, a shank carried by the eye intermediate its ends on the opposite edge from that carrying the flange and in alinement with the eye and of a thickness considerably less than that of the flanged portion, and a transverse bar connected at its center to the lower end of the shank and curved downwardly from the shank and upwardly to the free ends thereof.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

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. Washington, D. 0. 

